St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-05-30
BUGS, DROUTH AND HAu,
Doipg Considerable Damage to the
Winter Wheat Crop.

CHICAGO, May 29.-The following
crop summary will appear in this weeks
issue of the Farmers Review: s.Onr
reports this week indicate that local
rams throughout the Western states
nave more or less broken up the drOuth.
An improved condition of affairs i'm re-
latlon to the winter wheat crop is no.
tlceable in Indiana and Ohio. and while
otner states have suffered from lack of
ram, IL seems probable that should the
present conditions continue, the damage
VIII De less than was anticipated. More
in the Southern states. states Twentpp1 seGdp0
three counties in Illinois this week
report the average condition of winter
Wheat at So per cent? Cumberland, La
SalieI Marshall, Moultrie, Scott. Doug
lass anduJohnston counties report the
condition of their crop at 100 Der cent.
injuries from, chinch bugs are reported
Dy Edwards, Clay, Fayette, FranklifI,
Lawrence, Massaic, Monroe and john
ston counties, while the Hessian iy is
working in White county. Ten c0un-
ties report lack of rain, while eight
o!hers nave sufficient moisture and
nine are not suffering. Fourteen Indi-
ana counties report an average con-
dltlon IN winter wheat of 81 per cent.
Inc average reaches 100 in Madison.
Miami; Monroe, Rush and Spencer
counties. The weather on a whole
in Indiana is now favorable TO
the winter wheat crop. Eleven
Ohlo counties report an average condi-
tlon above that of last week. Local
rams have fallen in many districts of
the state, and prospects for crop are
much better. The condition of winter
wheat is placed at SO per cent. in seven
Michigan counties reporting. The aver
age reaches 100 per cent. in Grand.
IraVerS and ShiawaSSee counties. and
ranges from IS to 80 in others reportinp-
Rain is still needed in Grand. LenaWee
and Van Buren, counties. The Counties
reporting from Wisconsin this week
give the condition of winter wheat at
70 per cent. The percentage of the
coholtlon or the crop of Fond du Lac
county is placed at 100, in Marouette
at so and in Chippewa at so. the latter
county having suffered from drouth.
The condition of winter wheat in Mis-
souri, is promising. Eleven counties re-
port an average condition of 80 per
cent. The condition in Mercer ceuntv !
IS placed as high as 120 per cent. in
Livingston at 100, and in Barry, Benton
Montgomery and Newton counties at
100 per cent. Injury to the crop from
army worms is reported in New Madrid
INV NopC counties. lhA
Kentucky counties reporting this week
place the condition of winter wheat AFT
an average of from IS to 100 per cent.
Ten counties in Kansas report the con-
dition of winter wheat at 6S per cent.
OF an average. Complaints are numer-
Gus of drouth and bugs. Hail killed
most of the crop in Clay county on Nav
%. The condition of spring wheat
in Minnesota is placed by four
counties at IS per cent. of an
average. while four other sections re-
port the condition as good, Six conn
ties report lack of rain, while the
others reporting are well or fairly sun
piled. Iowa promises a good crop of
spring wheat. Nine counties report the
condition of the crop at an average of
81 per cent. Local rains have fallen but
much more is needed. Seven Nebraska
counties report the condition of spring
wheat in that state at an average of 81 per
cent. Local rains have fallen, but more
is needed. Meadows and pastures
throughout the country are in good con-
dition where local rains have occurred.
but the majority have been shortened
by drouth.